David Byrne has performed several exhibition pieces around the world by playing (and letting attendees play) buildings. The instrument consists of hooking up an organ keyboard to servos and motors attached to the structures of buildings (columns, beams, radiators, etc) .
David Byrne has more videos of the set up and performances on his website
The sound is somewhat ambient, moves like dada, and has at its heart the early punk ethos –‘a musician could not play it any better a person off the street…’
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